There is an extremely important issue for the North Minneapolis area that needs
to be rallied around right now. If you are interested in the LRT line in North,
please read the two correspondences below, starting at the bottom one, then up
to my correspondence.
to be rallied around right now. If you are interested in the LRT line in North,
please read the two correspondences below, starting at the bottom one, then up
to my correspondence.
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Rob,
I have added our Met Council Rep Annette Meeks to this correspondance. She will
be an extremely important, probably the most important person to bring into
this discussion.
You and I are on the same page on everything you wrote below. I am EXTREMELY
distressed at the idea of the LRT going through the park instead of down
Broadway and Penn.
The truth of the matter is there are no people in the park. There is no
foreclosure crisis in the park. The empty homes that need to be filled are in
the neighborhoods, around Broadway and Penn.
Some of the cost differences between the line going in the park and going down
Penn looked to be between 30-40 million, with the total project being close to
One Billion dollars - what's a few extra million when the alternative could and
likely will generate millions and millions and millions over the next several
decades in increased economic vitality.
The last speaker at last night's meeting advised us to ORGANIZE ORGANIZE
ORGANIZE. So that is exactly what I plan to do.
I plan to start campaigning and petitioning for signatures and rallying around
the extremely urgent matter of lobbying for the Broadway/Penn, or D2 option.
If anyone is reading this and is interested in figuring out HOW we start
organizing - let me know - we can start to put a plan into place.
- Megan G
Jordan
612-481-8457
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----- Original Message -----
From: rob
To: <email obscured>
Cc: <email obscured> ; <email obscured> ;
<email obscured> ; Samuels, Don H ;
<email obscured>
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:50 PM
Subject: BottineauLRT
Thank you everyone for the informative meeting last night!
Twenty years ago, under the watch of city council member Van White, the
proposed D1 line circumnavigating the North Minneapolis business districts was
soundly defeated by the residents of the Northside.
No matter where the transportation route does eventually run, some people will
not be happy, some people will be inconvenienced, some people will loose
property or have to relocate. And most importantly, either many people will
benefit or, some people will benefit depending on our choices for a route.
Transportation equity, do we wait and see if we get transportation equity, or
do we decide what transportation equity means to us? According to a report by
the Bottineau study," some portions of North Minneapolis have concentrations
of zero car households exceeding 50 percent." Minneapolis average zero car
households is about 20% and the suburbs that will benefit the most from this
public transportation have less than 5% zero car households. Providing state
of the art public transportation to that part of the public not dependent on
public transportation and going around that part of the public defined as the
highest density of public transportation dependent is not acceptable!
Economic development will occur around a light rail station, this is a
historic fact.
As I listened to comments and questions after the presentation last night, it
became quite clear many of the Northside residents in attendance would like to
see economic development and public transportation access for the Northside
businesses and residents. Essentially, what we will decide is where we will
desire to add or expand on senior living, schools, businesses and services.
If we want access to light rail public transportation through the Northside we
must demand this now, or do we let access to the economic train literally go
around us.
I recommend a community meeting with Northside residents to discuss some of
the issues and goals regarding light rail on the Northside.
rob
612-522-8943
Rob,
I have added our Met Council Rep Annette Meeks to this correspondance. She will
be an extremely important, probably the most important person to bring into
this discussion.
You and I are on the same page on everything you wrote below. I am EXTREMELY
distressed at the idea of the LRT going through the park instead of down
Broadway and Penn.
The truth of the matter is there are no people in the park. There is no
foreclosure crisis in the park. The empty homes that need to be filled are in
the neighborhoods, around Broadway and Penn.
Some of the cost differences between the line going in the park and going down
Penn looked to be between 30-40 million, with the total project being close to
One Billion dollars - what's a few extra million when the alternative could and
likely will generate millions and millions and millions over the next several
decades in increased economic vitality.
The last speaker at last night's meeting advised us to ORGANIZE ORGANIZE
ORGANIZE. So that is exactly what I plan to do.
I plan to start campaigning and petitioning for signatures and rallying around
the extremely urgent matter of lobbying for the Broadway/Penn, or D2 option.
If anyone is reading this and is interested in figuring out HOW we start
organizing - let me know - we can start to put a plan into place.
- Megan G
Jordan
612-481-8457
________________________________
----- Original Message -----
From: rob
To: <email obscured>
Cc: <email obscured> ; <email obscured> ;
<email obscured> ; Samuels, Don H ;
<email obscured>
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:50 PM
Subject: BottineauLRT
Thank you everyone for the informative meeting last night!
Twenty years ago, under the watch of city council member Van White, the
proposed D1 line circumnavigating the North Minneapolis business districts was
soundly defeated by the residents of the Northside.
No matter where the transportation route does eventually run, some people will
not be happy, some people will be inconvenienced, some people will loose
property or have to relocate. And most importantly, either many people will
benefit or, some people will benefit depending on our choices for a route.
Transportation equity, do we wait and see if we get transportation equity, or
do we decide what transportation equity means to us? According to a report by
the Bottineau study," some portions of North Minneapolis have concentrations
of zero car households exceeding 50 percent." Minneapolis average zero car
households is about 20% and the suburbs that will benefit the most from this
public transportation have less than 5% zero car households. Providing state
of the art public transportation to that part of the public not dependent on
public transportation and going around that part of the public defined as the
highest density of public transportation dependent is not acceptable!
Economic development will occur around a light rail station, this is a
historic fact.
As I listened to comments and questions after the presentation last night, it
became quite clear many of the Northside residents in attendance would like to
see economic development and public transportation access for the Northside
businesses and residents. Essentially, what we will decide is where we will
desire to add or expand on senior living, schools, businesses and services.
If we want access to light rail public transportation through the Northside we
must demand this now, or do we let access to the economic train literally go
around us.
I recommend a community meeting with Northside residents to discuss some of
the issues and goals regarding light rail on the Northside.
rob
612-522-8943